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Birding Gear : Big lens transport

When we acquired our Nikkor 200-500mm lens, we had to consider the best way to carry the big lens on outings. Together, the zoom lens and D850 body weigh almost 8 pounds (!), [...]
Solar Eclipse Totality 2024

Yup we…went. And in order to get as much Eclipsiality as possible, we went further afield than we anticipated we would. Days later, we are still awed by the whole d@mn [...]
Mayan Dresden Codex

The Mayan civilization began two thousands years before the birth of Christ, peaked between A.D. 250 and 900, and began its decline before the Americas were [...]
Patterns In Bloom @ NEBG

Boston used to host the Massachusetts Horticultural Society‘s huge annual New England Spring Flower Show, which heralded the beginning of Spring. We think the show [...]
The Cher Show

We went to The Cher Show this Friday, the 35 smash hit, 2 1/2 hours of unabashedly fabulous musical storytelling of six decades of the life and artistic journey (which so far [...]
Birding lenses: FirstUse

When we upgraded our Nikon DSLR from the D90 to the D850, we went from a 12MP sensor to a 47MP sensor. That massive increase in sensor size enables us to capture higher [...]
Birding lenses for the Nikon D850

When we first acquired the new-to-us Nikon D850 body from a local wedding photographer who was upgrading to the Nikon Z, it came with its original accessories—manual, [...]
Snailax Knee Massager: FirstLook/FirstUse

Knees are tricky things. They are critical to us humans being able to move. But use them too much, and they wear out. Don’t use them enough, and they tighten up. As we [...]
Cucina Elegante Kitchen Cart: FirstUse/ITW

We assembled the Boos Cucina Elegante kitchen cart last May and have been using it for close to a year. For those looking for a summary of our opinion on this cart is that it [...]
Standard Proof : Straight Bourbon

The RainyDayMagazine folks have been learning about bourbons ever since we were introduced to them a number of years ago. A while back we had the opportunity to taste (and [...]
QuietOn 3: InTheWild

Sleep: it’s important. So important that most human beings will literally go mad if they don’t get it. A good night of solid sleep is often hard to come, but [...]
Birds of the World Checklists: Lynx Publishing

Every time we get a book delivery, it’s exciting. And when we get something from Lynx…well, we usually have to take measures in the office to keep heads from [...]
2024: a year of all things related to…Birds!!!

We have been doing RainyDay things since 2005 (TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE, people!!) Since then, we have gone through a couple of evolutions, but we still look to challenge [...]
Happy New Year !!!

We would like to wish all of our readers a calm, peaceful, and [...]
Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays!!!!™

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RainyDayGiftGuide 2023: For Cooks

Like previous years, this year we have put together some RainyDay-tastic Gift Guides for the 2023 holiday, full of suggestions for our readers. As with every one of [...]
RainyDayGiftGuide 2023 : For Birders

As in previous years, we have put together some RainyDay-tastic Gift Guides for the 2023 holiday, full of suggestions for our readers. As with every one of our Guides, [...]
Mott & Bow: Such comfort…HOW?

Maybe it was the super casual “wear-the-same-thing-to-work-as-you-wear-to-bed” philosophy during the pandemic, but donning on a piece of clothing that is not as [...]
Lock-picking “Night School”

Learning how to pick locks is a lot of fun, in a challenging sort of way. To “know” how to do something is nice, but being able to “do” the thing is a [...]
Weego Jump Starter: DIY Repair

Jump starter power packs have come a looong way since we first looked at the Clore JNC Air way back when. The newer power packs are small, highly portable, and extremely [...]
Solo Stove Mesa XL: FirstLook

Solo Stove makes the undisputed best fire pit in the business. We have been a fan ever since we experienced it first hand at a summer event. The solo stove is stainless [...]
Urban Safari: The Blue Man Group

The last time we saw Blue Man Group (BMG), it was the late ’90s. The show blew us away with their use of percussion, inventive ways of creating sound, and how the the [...]
Minimalist Packing : Clothing for a 10-Day Trip

Pleasure travel is awesome, but sometimes it is awful. When things go wrong, they often go wrong because of factors completely out of the traveler’s control — [...]
Maestri House Frother: FirstLook / FirstUse

The RainyDayKitchen folks have looked at a lot of coffee-related gear over the years, but for some reason frothers never made it onto the review list. It’s not like we [...]
Farmers Defense: FirstLook / FirstUse

Tired of getting scratched up, burned up, or bitten up while working in the garden? The folks at Farmers Defense has a solution for all that and more. This is a bag of [...]
Boxster Project: Litronics headlight repair

Recently, we noticed that the Xenon headlight on the driver side of our 23 year old Boxster was not “igniting”. It would flash when we turned the switch, but the [...]